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Adjective and Adverb

Adjectives are words used to modify nouns. They usually go before nouns. Adjectives may also go after be (is, am, are, was, were) and copular verbs like become, seem, look, feel etc.

• I feel happy. (NOT I feel happily.)
• She seemed excited. (NOT She seemed excitedly.)
• They were upset.

Adverbs are words used to modify verbs. They usually express the manner in which something is done. Adverbs are also used to modify adjectives and other adverbs.

An adverb used to modify an adjective or another adverb usually goes before it. Enough is an exception to this rule. It goes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.

Complete the following sentences using the correct words from those given in brackets.

1. Our team played …………………………. (good / well) last week.

2. We have not gathered ………………………… (near / nearly) enough flowers.

3. The old woman was walking …………………………… (slow / slowly) past.

4. Come to my office as ………………………. (quick / quickly) as possible.

5. We had a ……………………….. (really / real) great time at the party.

6. Sophia won the first prize …………………………. (easy / easily)

Answers

1. Our team played well yesterday. (Here the adverb well modifies the verb played.)

2. We have not gathered nearly enough flowers. (Here the adverb nearly modifies the adjective enough.)

3. The old woman was walking slowly past. (Here the adverb slowly modifies the verb walking.)

4. Come to my office as quickly as possible. (Here the adverb quickly modifies the verb come.)

5. We had a really great time at the party. (Here the adverb really modifies the adjective great.)

6. Sophia won the first prize easily. (Here the adverb easily modifies the verb won.).

Bahasa Inggeris : Grammar ; Adjective Phrase

A word group that has an adjective as its head is called an adjective phrase. Note that the adjective in this phrase may be accompanied by other words such as determiners, modifiers etc.
Adjective phrases can go before a noun (attributive position). They can also go after a linking verb like be (predicative position).

• He was wearing a dark brown suit. (Here the adjective phrase ‘a dark brown’ modifies the noun suit.)
• The fish tasted awfully funny. (Here the adjective phrase ‘awfully funny’ says something about the fish. It goes after the copular or linking verb tasted.

A copular verb does not take an object and it cannot be modified by an adverb. The word or phrase that follows a copular verb typically says something about the subject of the sentence.

• The fish tasted awful. (NOT The fish tasted awfully.)

Here the adjective awful says something about the fish. It doesn’t modify the verb tasted.
Note that the adjective in an adjective phrase may be modified by an adverb. When it is modified by an adverb, the adverb goes before the adjective. The adjective may also be modified by other determiners like articles, possessives and demonstratives.
Consider the phrase ‘my cute little daughter’
Here the adjective phrase ‘my cute little’ consists of a possessive (my) and two adjectives (cute and little).
Sometimes the idea expressed by an adjective can also be expressed using a noun phrase. Consider the examples given below.

• Brutus is an honorable man. (Here the adjective honorable modifies the noun man.)

The same idea can be expressed using the phrase: a man of honor

• Brutus is a man of honor.

Another example is given below.

• Churchill was an eminent man. (Here the adjective eminent modifies the noun man.)
• Churchill was a man of eminence. (Here the noun phrase ‘a man of eminence’ means the same as the phrase ‘an eminent man’.)

English : Past Tense

Correct the action verbs in the bracket using the Simple Past Tense. See the example!

            I ……..(meet) him in town last Monday.

            I met him in town last Monday.

1. Wendy was late so she …….(run) to the bus stop.
2. Diana ………(take) out her umbrella because it rained.
3. The pupils………(hand) their papers to the teacher.
4. Shakespeare ……..(write) “Romeo and Juliet” many decades ago.
5. Hamidah ……..(fly) to Australia a fortnight ago.
6. Mrs. Qiu ……..(bake) a cake yesterday.
7. When the alarm …….(ring) yesterday, All of students left out their class.
8. We …….(drive) our car when  the earthquake happened .

Oh, My English!

   Tenses

Root Word	Present Partciple	Past Tense	Past Participle
Add	Adding	Added	Added
Agree	Agreeing	Agreed	Agreed
Allow	Allowing	Allowed	Allowed
Arrange	Arranging	Arranged	Arranged
Arrive	Arriving	Arrived	arrived